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25 Beautiful Websites Using Subtle Textures. Textures can serve as a prominent element in a design, or they can subtly add character to a design without drawing much attention. In my opinion, some of the most effective uses of texture in web design are very subtle. While heavy and harsh textures are popular for grunge-style designs, softer textures are extremely versatile and can enhance just about any type of design. In this post we’ll showcase 25 websites that make excellent use of textures without allowing them to dominate the design. If you are interested in using subtle textures in your own designs, these resources from Vandelay Premier can help: Looking for hosting?

WPEngine offers secure managed WordPress hosting. You’ll get expert WordPress support, automatic backups, and caching for fast page loads. 5 Awesome Techniques for Using Textures in Your Designs. At some point in my design career I came to a realization that I can add incredible depth to my art by applying elements from the real world through scans and digital photos. Perhaps the greatest use of “real-world” elements is through the use of textures. We offer a ton of great textures here at WeGraphics, and sometimes I feel as though the use of textures can be overlooked by a new comer to the world of digital art.

Let’s take a look at a few methods to utilize textures in fun and creative ways. 1. Textures as Backgrounds One of the keys to using textures effectively is to be subtle. Basically don’t over use the texture or make it a distraction over the content, and always keep the texture to scale with the rest of the image. For example, lets take a look at the WeGraphics log with no texture applied. Now, I’m going to apply a texture from the Subtle Grunge Textures Vol2 Pack by just dragging the file to a new layer on the logo document. 2. 3. Here is the original artwork. 4. 5. 11 Free Hi-Res Light Grunge Textures (Set 1) It’s an absolute pleasure to release these 11 Free High Resolution Light Grunge Textures. Each one is a stunning 3200px wide which makes them perfect for web and print purposes.

I’ve recently bought a graphite stick and these textures are the result of experimenting with different surface textures. You can incorporate them into your backgrounds or use them to lightly distress your type and designs. Though I’m sure that you can think of loads more ways to use them. As always, they’re free for both personal and commercial use. You can either download each texture individually or download the whole set at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! Download Free Hi-Res Grunge Textures Simply click on the texture you like to download the hi-res version. Download Hi-Res Light Grunge Textures Set 1 contains 1 .zip archive, 56.6 Mb. Free Textures - 25 High-Res Storm Cloud Textures. I know I’ve been a bit quite lately. Though we did release a new free WordPress theme called SalesLead a few weeks back, which you should check out if you haven’t.

So, to break my silence, I’ve got some free textures for yall! The other day I was working on a new brush set that I will be releasing soon. I was taking the pictures for it inside, but I heard a lot of wind outside. The clouds looked very cool. Did you like this post? 33+ High Quality Peeling Paint Textures for Your Designs. Textures as said has been widely used for most Web and Graphic Designs. It is well-known for its flexibility and its exceptional effects to a desired output. Projects would always come and ideas doesn’t stop from reviving and so it helps when you have just a good collection of textures stored.

For today, we feature Peeling Paint Textures which may also be considered part of Grunge Textures. The artistic ways these photos are taken are just merely perfect for your projects you may freely use. It is an artist’s gift to be able to choose what’s best among all the other textures that could bring an appealing effect to a design. So here goes 34 Free and High Quality Peeling Paint Textures you might make use. You may want to take a look at the following related articles: Blue Peeling Paint Stock Can be downloaded in 3403×2604 pixels.Download Source Peeling Paint Can be downloaded in 2592×1944 pixels.Download Source Peeling Paint 2 Can be downloaded in 2304×1728 pixels.Download Source Peeling Paint 1. A Showcase of Textures in Logo Design - 30 Logos. Beautifully designed logos often have a particular style, a certain quality that marks them as being either clean & simple, colorful, sharp or retro.

Retro logos in particular tend to make use of a subtle texture to give the design a bit of an edge, to help it stand out and look a bit vintage, whilst also being aesthetically pleasing. We’ve selected 30 logos that use texture beautifully, and really stand out as being out of the ordinary. Hypercompact Iceboy Raincut Reforger Films Rino Excavating Squared Eye Illuminarty Creatives City of Melbourne Rate Nantucket Massive Penguin Serenity Resorts FotoSkrydis Alupa Creative TV Patrol Geowild Dutch MS Classic Car Rally Stomping Girl Spice Mountain Riva Kids Zero G Praetor Ten Over Ten In The City Entertainment Umbrella Foundation Denshu Sushi Kurper & Carp Merchants United Bacon & Beans Conservation Action Now Pollaro.

26 Useful Textures and Texture Packs for Better Designs. A texture is usually a high-quality background image that is used in a lot of different ways: from website layouts to icons and high-quality tutorials. The usual aim of the texture is to improve the design with a new, fresh look. In the careful gathered collection below, we have compiled 26 textures and texture pack that can be very useful when you’re in the moment of design process. Apply these texture inspiration to make creative UPrinting Flyer Printing designs. Blue Texture Tiles Swiss House Roof Tiles Drop Texture Take a closer look Misc Texture Shuffled Texture Pack Paper Texture Cracked Texture Random Texture Old Wall Texture Fabric Texture Crinkle Texture Wood Texture Grunge Texture Local Texture Metal Texture Glitter Texture Colorful Grunge Texture Scratched Texture Grungy Texture Bokeh Textures Hi-Res Stone Textures Paper Textures Scrapbook Texture Aqueous Sun Textures Designer Texture Pack This entry was posted on Thursday, December 16th, 2010 at 11:37 and is filed under Resources.

60+ Vintage Style Textures Every Designer Should Have - Web Design Blog. The most important aspects of a good vintage style design is the use of authentic looking textures, i’ve put together a pack of some of the best vintage textures that I have. Each one of these textures consists of 4-5 different images layered together in Photoshop to get the end result you see here. I usually used one fabric texture, two paper textures, and a grunge texture along with the pattern to get the effect that I wanted.

You may also be interested on business brochure printing . 50 Fantastic Textures for Your Toolbox. When creating art you will often need a various selection of textures to give your resulting design some much needed oomph. It could be that you need them for that extra grungy feel, maybe you are trying to design a logo with a denim background, or want to give a poster a glassy gloss. You may even need to add a little bit of dirt, rust, mold, stains… The point is that every designer should have a good selection of textures at their disposable for any eventuality or possibility.

There are thousands of incredible textures freely available all over the web and to help make your hunt that little bit easier, we have organized the 50 textures below into six categories: Concrete (10 textures), Fabric (10 textures), Glass (5 textures), Metals (5 textures), Stone (5 textures) Plaster (5 textures), and Wood (10 textures). Hope you enjoy them! Fabric Textures Glass Textures Metals Textures Plaster Textures Stone Textures Wood Textures Concrete Textures.

Showcase of Textured Web Designs - Noupe Design Blog. Feb 28 2011 So after we’ve featured some texture packs to spice up your designs, we’d like to show you what’s actually possible with these various, attractive textures. They do not only add depth and dimension into your Web designs but also embody your creative approach towards website designing.

Although textures can be subtle and are most often overlooked, they can play a vital role in the effectiveness of your Web design. In today’s post, we present to you some very impressive texture-based websites for your inspiration. Beautiful Texture in Web Design Carlos – Partez Sur La Piste The darker textured background of this Web design ultimately fades into a solid background at the middle of the page. Team Fannypack A newspaper-styled website design that uses some cool typography and graphics. Five Cent Stand A simple and minimal website design that principally leans on its typography and cool graphics. Word Refuge Word Refuge does something very creative and unique. (ik) 30 Inspiring Examples of Texture Use in Web Design.

A Compilation of Vintage Textures for Designers. Resources June 10, 2010 Textures are one of the most used resources in making great designs. They can accentuate your images to better portray the feel of the design you’re aiming for. Vintage textures, for instance, can add a classic or nostalgic touch to your work. Here at You the Designer, you need not blast to the past to get this brilliant effect.

This Compilation of Vintage Textures for Designers features resources you can download for free. Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Download Source Author: Ronald Bien Ronald is the founder of NaldzGraphics.net. 30+ Best Texture Tutorials for Photoshop | Graphic and Web Desig. Making art or various designs will often require different textures. It can be that you need it for that extra grungy look or maybe you are trying to recreate a piece of denim for a logo.

It can be very useful to be able to make your own textures in Photoshop. This way you get the exact effect you want, its customizable, no need to pay anyone for the use of it etc. I’ve collected some of the best texture tutorials I know of and hope these will inspire! Enjoy! :) 1. Denim, a rugged cotton twill textile has been around for a long time. 2. The texture of Grass can be used for many different designs, and also here the variations are many. 3. The crumbled paper texture is a texture that always is popular. 4. Military style textures are mainly popular for those who make artwork that features military machinery or personnel. 5. These cool and versatile scales can be made in any color combination you want. 6. This is a texture trying to recreate the look of the good old Mac Powerbook (g4). 7. Free High Quality Cloud Texture Set. Today where offering our readers something slightly different a free texture set which is to be used within design projects as well as non-commercial project.

Its our first texture set we have ever created so i hope you enjoy and be sure to expect more texture sets within the future. Creative Nerds Textures Flickr Group Today is the launch of creative nerds flickr group for textures where which will be updated regularly full of free textures which are all available to be used in commercial and non commercial design projects. The first set of textures to be added to the group is a cloud texture which of Corse is free to download by simply clicking on the preview image of the texture.

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